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Welcome

Note from The Security Institute

Welcome to the final edition of our Institute Quarterly Magazine for 2023, and what a positive yet eventful
few months it has been! Our membership engagement has continued to grow, with our 4,765 members
encompassing a wide range of sectors within both the public and private sectors. This growth has been
reflected in positive changes to both The Security Institute Board and our Head Office team. In this edition of
the Institute Quarterly magazine, Julie Nel MSyI provides her first update as Chair of The Security Institute as
she outlines three priority business strategies moving forward into 2024.

We also reflect upon six amazing months of events! This includes the Fellows & Young Members Lunch and
Learn, our attendance at Pride in London 2023, as well as welcoming members to our Becoming Chartered:
Membership and CSyP BBQ. On the 24th of July, we attended an event to mark International Security
Officers’ Day, which recognised and celebrated the valuable contribution of those working within this
profession. We also joined the Women in Security Awards at Shakespeare’s Underglobe Theatre in London
to celebrate positive women role models within the security industry. We organised the prestigious Register
of Chartered Security Professionals’ 12th annual dinner, which acknowledges those new to the Register as
well as those celebrating their 10th year as a Chartered Security Professional. We have also attended
numerous exhibitions over the last few months, and would like to thank all members, exhibitors, and visitors
who came along to meet us.

Our biggest event over the last few months was our Annual Conference, that was held on Thursday 26th
October 2023 at 1 Wimpole Street in London. We are honoured and proud that our Royal Patron, Her Royal
Highness The Princess Royal graciously agreed to attend this year. All attendees received a full-day itinerary
that included networking opportunities, industry expert guest speakers who delivered topical conversations
and debates, as well as an exhibitor’s room that provided opportunities for our members to ask questions
with leading security business professionals. We are proud to say it was a great day with many highlights.

Over the last few months, we also proudly celebrated our 50th Member Focus in our ‘eNews’ newsletter. The
Member’s Focus is a specific summary that focuses on a particular member each week, to explore their
security career, training and aspirations, with an aim to illustrate the various career pathways available within
the security field. This is distributed digitally to over 4,000 mailboxes each week. If you would like to write a
Member Focus to guide other security professionals, please contact info@security-institute.org.

Since our last magazine, we have also organised numerous popular webinars from our Support Groups and
Special interest Groups, and hope our members have gained valuable insights from joining these. These
have come from the Built Environment Security SIG, Protecting People in Crowded Places SIG, Security
Education, Accreditation, and Training (SEATS) SIG, Counter Terrorism SIG, Artificial Intelligence + New and
Emerging Security Technology (AI + NEST) SIG, Insider Risk SIG and Young Members Group.

We have also introduced a new Special Interest Group – Security in Logistics, as well as re-launching and
merging two SIGs to create a new Special Interest Group called ‘Artificial Intelligence + New and Emerging
Security Technology (AI + NEST)’. The Security Institute has also welcomed a new Co-Chair to our Young
Members Group (YMG) – Toni Marie Sheppard ASyI.

We hope you enjoy our Quarter 3 + Quarter 4 bumper edition of the Institute Quarterly Magazine. This is the
first time we have released two editions at once, and we have done this to celebrate our Royal Patron, Her
Royal Highness The Princess Royal graciously agreeing to attend our Annual Conference this year. To mark
this occasion this magazine includes a five-page feature on this event.

Finally, we would like to thank everyone within our professional security community who has contributed to
articles for this edition (as well as previous editions), this has provided valuable insights, industry news, and
education for our membership. Thank you to all our members for their continued support, as we would like
to wish everyone a wonderful end-of-year celebrations, as we look forward to an exciting 2024!
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